3-Year-Old Dies After Suspected Severe Bacterial Infection

A 3-year-old boy died after contracting a severe bacterial infection, according to Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv. He arrived on Saturday morning at the emergency department of Dana Children’s Hospital in septic shock.

Medical staff said the clinical suspicion was meningococcemia, a life-threatening infection caused by meningococcus bacteria. Doctors immediately began resuscitation efforts and tried to stabilize the child’s condition, but he did not improve and was pronounced dead.

Following the case, the hospital urged the public to vaccinate children. The staff noted that there is a vaccine against meningococcus B, which is recommended by the Israeli Pediatric Association. They said, “We call on the public to vaccinate infants and toddlers and save lives.”